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Verse Jeremiah 38:23. _THEY SHALL BRING OUT ALL THY WIVES AND THY
CHILDREN_] These were the women of the _first rank_, by whom the king
had children. These had no temptation to go out to the Chaldeans...
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SO - And. In addition to the ridicule there shall be the miseries of
the capture.
THOU SHALT CAUSE THIS CITY TO BE BURNED - literally, as margin. It
shall be thy own act as completely as if done with...
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CHAPTER 38
_ 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1) _
2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14)
Jeremiah 38:1. Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. Th
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Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him,
whatever his answer (Jeremiah 38:16). Jeremiah urges him to save
himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes
(Nebuc...
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CHILDREN. sons.
THOU SHALT CAUSE THIS CITY TO BE BURNED. Hebrew thou wilt burn. Note
the idiom by which the _act_ is put for the _declaration_ that it
should be done....
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_And they_ Du. considers this _v_. an insertion, as adding nothing to
what has been said already.
_thou shalt cause, etc_.] Heb. more forcibly, _thou shalt burn, etc_.
This suits the parallelism bett...
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E. Interviewed by the King Jeremiah 38:14-26
TRANSLATION
(14) Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought unto
him at the third entrance of the house of the LORD. And the king said
un...
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So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the
Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be
taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this...
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38:23 burned (c-45) Lit. 'thou shalt burn.'...
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1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the
publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
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SO THEY SHALL BRING OUT... — The picture of defeat and destruction
is once more repeated from Jeremiah 38:18. Probably, the last clause
should be read with a different punctuation of the Hebrew, “This...
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וְ אֶת ־כָּל ־נָשֶׁ֣יךָ וְ אֶת
־בָּנֶ֗יךָ
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Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the
Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred
up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeon...
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This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and
the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to
wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And a...
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Jeremiah pursues the same subject; but he sets forth at large the
calamity, that the king being at least frightened with horror, might
submit to a right counsel; for when we hear that death is at hand...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38.
Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show
of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites
some h...
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SO THEY SHALL BRING OUT ALL THY WIVES AND THY CHILDREN TO THE
CHALDEANS,.... Not the citizens of Jerusalem; but, as Kimchi observes,
the Chaldeans that should enter the city shall bring them out to th...
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So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the
Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be
taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this
c...
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_But if thou refuse, this is the word that the Lord hath showed me_
Namely, what follows in the next two verses. _Behold, all the women
that are left in the king of Judah's house_ The king's wives, hi...
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THOU SHALT CAUSE...BURNT:
_ Heb._ thou shalt burn, etc....
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14-28 Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed
only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but
asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear...
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This is no more than what was said before, only here repeated, as an
argument to persuade his obedience in surrendering himself, if not for
the city's sake, yet for his own sake, and for his children'...
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Jeremiah 38:23 surrender H3318 (H8688) wives H802 children H1121
Chaldeans H3778 escape H4422 (H8735) hand H3027
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ZEDEKIAH ONCE AGAIN CONSULTS JEREMIAH AND KEEPS HIM SAFELY IN THE
COURT OF THE GUARD UNTIL JERUSALEM IS TAKEN (JEREMIAH 38:14).
This was to be Zedekiah's last consultation with Jeremiah. During it
he...
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JEREMIAH'S EXPERIENCES IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD (JEREMIAH 38:1).
But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not
prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a...
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Jeremiah 38
Ropes and rags.
I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless
to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into
the mire. "Salvation is of the L...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference
with the king.
CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah,
Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION: G...
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Jeremiah 38:7. _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,_ the king's chamberlain. It
seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office;
but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jeremia...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 38:23 Without obedience to God’s word,
Zedekiah, his family, and Jerusalem will all suffer terrible fates.
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES as on preceding
chapter.
Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1. “_Shephatiah_,” never elsewhere
mentioned. “_Gedaliah_,” possibly son of “Pashur” the vio...
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CONTINUATION.
EXPOSITION
The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the
guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the
princes resolve upon a more effectua...
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Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers
the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies,
thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...
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2 Chronicles 36:20; 2 Chronicles 36:21; 2 Kings 25:7; Ezekiel 14:9;...